can you tell me what it was like in rafah last night? tell me what it was like in rafah last niuht? like in rafah last night?— last night? thank you. i can 'ust verify what �* last night? thank you. i can 'ust verify what somebody �* last night? thank you. i can 'ust verify what somebody has h last night? thank you. i can just - verify what somebody has previously said. it was horrendous, but the bombardment started around midnight, perhaps a bit before that and it was relentless. certainly nobody in rafah got any sleep last night. the bombardment was all over rafah and i believe some of it was a distraction from the actual operation that went on, so it was going on everywhere. our building was shaking all night but we have the privilege to live in a good building. i can only imagine what it was like for the people, the vast majority are living in tents and makeshift shelters. yes, it was very... it was horrendous. you have already been given the numbers, we have got the same, around 70 casualties, 1a residential buildings destroyed. if i can, it is important to get beyond those num

rafah is full of refugees. amy: thank you so much for taking the time to speak to us from rafah.to say a word. can i? we are trying to leave rafah but we have no money. we have a gofundme account if people want to support us by donating or sharing or help my family. we need to leave to keep my family safe. amy: duha latif, thank you for being with us. 29-year-old teacher from rafah, trying to evacuate with her young children, six-year-old ameer and one-and-a-half-year-old kareem. when we come back, we will speak to palestinian human rights attorney noura erakat as countries around the world warned israel against a ground invasion of rafah. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "la ahada yalam" by amal murkus. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in the united states, the european union countries around the world are warning israel against a ground invasion of rafah in southern gaza, where over one million palestinians have sought refuge from the rest of gaza. one top eu officials said it could lead to a "unspeakable humanitarian capaci

final journey has now reached rafah, which was previously not spared from its aggression during the war, but this time the threats of expanding its operations. more details in the following report. it seems that the middle east is preparing to become a battleground from which fires will erupt that will consume this world. four months into the genocide of the palestinian people who are being collectively and indiscriminately killed, their land marks of life and future destroyed and their fate frozen under the guise of a trending massive propaganda campaign called rafah. this campaign is being used today as a distraction and diversion, while the true currents are much greater than what we imagine. this sarafah campaign is brought to you under the sponsorship of the united states of america with the slogan "kill more, have fun more" and is sponsored by the morally, politically and financially bankrupt european union which distributes has free drinks in the tents of the displaced and praises the necessity of eating diet bread for gaza, may be made from ground fader, barley and contaminated

., ., , , rafah? there are no visible preparations, _ rafah? there are no visible preparations, the israeli's i preparations, the israeli's discussion is that it will go ahead because they had to do that to win the war, to feed the final hamas at they do not want to leave the situation where hamas can reconstitute itself or retake control of gaza at any point. but they have been getting lots of opposition to that idea because of all the palestinian sheltering, 1.4 million people crowded into rafah having evacuated as the israelis advanced cell. you have the american president to support israel's war aims talking very pointedly about the need for a credible plan to evacuate then. the israeli president has said there will be a plan, mr biden has said, make sure it protect civilians. there is some opposition from the un, which the israelis would need to be able to set up an alternate location, alternate tent camps in another place for these people. the un spokesperson has said we will not participate in what he called the forced displacement of pe

rafah. >> the situation continues to be extremely dire. inside nasser medical, occupation forces have been targeting the facility. they were destroying the walls of the hospital come the exterior of the hospital. they targeted the surgery department in the hospital and injured at least -- when he was inside come the surgery department. they ask people to leave the hospital and when they leave the hospital, they shot them dead. they i asked him one guy a man was killed ande ground. around 80 bodies in front of the gates of nasser hospital come up to 200 meters away from the hospital. fear, death, and shock are enslaving the people. the occupation forces continue targeting nasser hospital, continuing to ask people to leave and then when they leave they snipe them. there is disturbing video of people being eaten by the dogs and stray cats. people who are just describing the horrors and documenting -- and when they target nasser hospital and are still targeting another hospital not far away. 2.5

under who's just returned from rafah. pressure, under who'sjust returned from rafah. pressure, the lableader under pressure, the labour party leader in the uk is criticised over the handling of this by—election candidate. it the handling of this by-election candidate. , ., ., . , ., the handling of this by-election candidate. ., . , ., ., candidate. it is a tough decision, a necessary decision _ candidate. it is a tough decision, a necessary decision that _ candidate. it is a tough decision, a necessary decision that when - candidate. it is a tough decision, a necessary decision that when i - candidate. it is a tough decision, a necessary decision that when i say j necessary decision that when i say the later part —— labour party has changed under my leadership, i mean it. police in delhi fire tear gas on indian farmers marching towards the capital — as they protest for better prices for their crops and a world's first. scientists say a roman egg, discovered in britain, still has its liquid contents. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, hamas has warned there could

i evacuating the border area around rafah? ~ , ., , , rafah?here is nowhere left _ rafah? i think the problem is there is nowhere left to _ rafah? i think the problem is there is nowhere left to go. _ rafah? i think the problem is there is nowhere left to go. profit - rafah? i think the problem is there is nowhere left to go. profit is - rafah? i think the problem is there is nowhere left to go. profit is the l is nowhere left to go. profit is the end of the line. it was the last refuge. many people several times would be heading down trying to find somewhere to flee to, somewhere to go and rafah was where the ended up. now, they arejust go and rafah was where the ended up. now, they are just trying to find somewhere else to find refuge. i know some people had started to relocate to the middle area and asked one of our staff members with the safety of being able to relocate to the middle area. she said nowhere in gaza is it any longer. there is nowhere left to go. the people who are going to the middle area are from the middle area. if you are

to rafah? ., ., ., ., ., ., ., to rafah? no, to a humanitarian zone that israel asked _ to rafah?srael asked to _ to rafah? no, to a humanitarian zone that israel asked to have _ to rafah? no, to a humanitarian zone that israel asked to have the - that israel asked to have the northwestern part of khan younis. that is where israel asked to have a humanitarian zone.— humanitarian zone. nearly 2 million --eole? it humanitarian zone. nearly 2 million people? it would've _ humanitarian zone. nearly 2 million people? it would've been _ humanitarian zone. nearly 2 million people? it would've been much - humanitarian zone. nearly 2 million i people? it would've been much better than bein: people? it would've been much better than being a — people? it would've been much better than being a rafah _ people? it would've been much better than being a rafah a _ people? it would've been much better than being a rafah a khan _ people? it would've been much better than being a rafah a khan younis. - people? it would've been much better than being a rafah a khan younis. i i than being a rafah a kh

let's not forthis isn't the first time war has come to rafah.t's been a part of this war since day one with israel carrying out strikes every now and then. i suppose the countries and the leaders around the world who have been expressing grave concern about the possibility of an israeli ground operation in rafah will perhaps feel even more concerned after this operation, to see more than 100 fatalities, albeit with a successful rescue of two israeli hostages. i suppose the big questions which everyone is still asking is, how exactly does israel propose to evacuate more than 1 million palestinians, more than half the population of the gaza strip, many of whom have been displaced multiple times and taken refuge in rafah? how is israel going to get that many people out of rafah to enable to it carry out its ground operations? where are they going to go? as far as the operations are concerned, israel is convinced that there are four hamas battalions remaining in rafah and feels in order for it to be able to achieve one of its key wartime missions, n

has started this time in a mosque in rafah. she was martyred in the war. she opened her eyes to the world and in the same war she closed her eyes to the life of a baby girl who lived for 45 days and no family. the neighbor pulled him out from under the rubble of the zionist attack. netanyahu, see who are the targets of the attacks. these three children were members of a family of 12 who were all martyred in the new attack of the israeli regime on rafah. accomplice of the zionist regime. bernie sanders introduced in the gaza strip in the senate meeting that was held to approve new aid to israel referring to the killing of 28,000 palestinians in the gaza strip, he said: america is a partner in the worst tragedy of modern times. the us congress plans to provide 14 billion dollars to israel. the money that is supposed to be used to kill the residents of gaza. a crime in which america is also complicit. bernie sanders also criticized the cutoff of aid to the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees. in the mid

~ ., , ,., , ., rafah? i think at this point, israel should issue _ rafah? should issue a _ rafah? i think at this point, israel should issue a call _ rafah? i think at this point, israel should issue a call on _ rafah? i think at this point, israel should issue a call on the - rafah? i think at this point, israel should issue a call on the 4-6 - should issue a call on the 4—6 remaining battalions to surrender, and it has not done so yet. the fighters in the southern part of gaza in the rafah area are not as extreme trained and experienced as the ones in the north. so i think hamas will fight as long as it can and as long as there is no resolution and that there is no agreement on the hostage deal which will bring a cease—fire, i think this will continue. i do not think there is any talk of them leaving anytime soon although that is an option for the future. but that is not under consideration at this point. not under consideration at this oint. . ~ not under consideration at this oint. ., ~' ,, not under consideration at this oint. ., ~ i. not under conside

the majority have gone to rafah.tinian authorities say that two years ago, rafah�*s population was an estimated 260 thousand people. it now stands at one point four million. rafah is the last major city in gaza that israeli troops have yet to enter. the announcement drew international concern, with un chief antonio guterres calling it "alarming," writing on x that �*such an action would exponentially increase what is already a humanitarian nightmare with untold regional consequences." the white house warned it would not support operations in the city, calling an unplanned invasion a "disaster." our international editor jeremy bowen has this report, and a warning — it has some distressing images from the start. israel bombed rafah again. a family ran to get medical aid for a child who was already dead. round 1.2 million palestinian civilians have crammed into rafah. this man said thousands more would be killed, if the israelis moved their troops in. "the kids can't sleep," he said. "they are terrified and so are adult

the mayor of rafah also announced that there are about one and a half million people in rafah and theack on this city will cause a blood bath. the prime minister of the zionist regime asked the army of this regime to present a plan to attack rafah. netanyahu said that the ground attack on this city will be operational in the next two weeks will be. this decision has faced many international reactions. the european mediterranean human rights watch has warned. the attack on rafah will consolidate and strengthen the crime of genocide in gaza. joseph borrell , the european union's foreign policy official, also said that the 1.1 million and 400 thousand palestinians in rafah have no safe place to take refuge and the attack on this city will have disastrous consequences. rafah is located in the southernmost point of the gaza strip and on the border with egypt. the latest news from egypt is about the strengthening of fortifications. on the rafah border and the increase of army forces on this border, it is said that before this, minister lieberman in the previous war, the zionist regime had p

during its rate in rafah. �* . ., in rafah.he heart of northamptonshire, l in the heart of northamptonshire, where voters will go to the polls on thursday in a by—election. join me as we look at the issues the matters to the locals here. the kansas city chiefs have won the super bowl, after beating the san francisco 49ers by 3 points. our international editorjeremy bowen has more from jerusalem. yeah, from the palestinian point of view, it came at a massive cost. at least 60 dead is what i think, among others, the palestinian red crescent is saying. and that total may go up. but of course, for mr netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, this is something of a vindication for his point of view, which is to get the hostages back, israel has to use force, has to be strong, has to push forward and fight to destroy hamas, not make deals, and in return, give out loads or dozens of or hundreds of palestinian prisoners.

, ., ., ., ., rafah? it is horror, carnage. to ush rafah? it is horror, carnage.s horror, carnage. to push people all the way - rafah? it is horror, carnage. to push people all the way to - rafah? it is horror, carnage. to push people all the way to the l rafah? it is horror, carnage. to - push people all the way to the south of gaza, half of the population are in rafah. this is the city of my birth was not only last night, israel has literally massacred 50 to 60, and people are still in the rubble, including the family of my wife. all the children and grandchildren are gone. this is the plan from day one, depopulated in gaza. it's an ethnic cleansing planning. after the icj ruling, the crime of genocide is plausible. israel is on trial. what is the conversation and why are we discussing what is happening? what we need to discuss is the responsibility of responsible actors like the uk, what we should do to stop the genocide happening. that’s stop the genocide happening. that's take a back to _ stop the genocide happening. that's take a back to what _ stop the geno

and rafah was the entry point — at the moment. and rafah was the entry point for— at the moment. you absolutely cannot. to give - the aid infrastructure? no, youj absolutely cannot. to give your listeners an idea, this is about1 million plus people in a tiny section of land that is already equipped to support those people. geographically speaking, they go? they spoke about ticking into an even smaller area, and these are people, they are not cattle, you cannotjust hand them around to different parts of land whilst the humanitarian conditions get worse. these are people with lives, families, they need safe places to go. they were not responsible for the attacks on october seven, they need to be treated with dignity, and what we are seeing is that their human rights are being stripped away every single day that this conflict goes on, and we are extremely concerned that if those people are not to go anywhere and this land invasion does happen, in rafah, what will happen to those people? because last night, we saw that 61 were killed. imagine that in a full—scale bombardment, 28,000

rafah is the next target for israel's army. of gaza's population south, into this border town. the us has warned an offensive here, without proper planning, would be a disaster. israel is so far sticking to its plan. the united nations and international actors now face a fateful choice. do they want to save hamas or save palestinian civilians? they cannot stop israel from dismantling the last four hamas battalions in the gaza strip and securing the release of the 134 remaining hostages. the price of israel's war is rising. forfamilies in rafah today, the cost — incalculable. the us is urging israel to consider a potential hostage deal to pause the fighting. israel worries that a deal would mean hamas surviving. but after four months of war it isn't the group's leaders who are dying. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. the un, the uk and the us have all warned there could be a humanitarian catastrophe if israel goes ahead with a ground offensive in rafah. i have been speaking to middle east expert andrew thomas from deakin uni

people from rafah. what we have is an order from the israeli prime minister to the military asking them to draw up a plan for evacuation alongside plans to extend the ground offensive into rafah. that seems to be a fairly direct response to the american administration which said it would not support an incursion into rafah unless there is a proper plan for the safety of civilians. so now president netanyahu has said they would draw up the plan. there is no sense of right now of a timeline for either an incursion or evacuation, you just have this space for people voicing alarm what this could mean, that evacuating more than i million people who are in a fragile state would be very difficult to do as you are hearing there questions about where they would go. the israelis have responded in general terms, mr netanyahu said they could go to the north where israelis have cleared things out. but those are areas that have obviously been damaged quite a lot, there is a question about supplies, setting up a whole

this will happen while rafah is an area that is on the border of egypt, half of rafah is on the egyptiane and half is on the palestinian side, and between them there is an axis called the philadelphia axis. according to the peace agreement between israel and egypt, israel has no right to military operations in the philadelphia axis. do but israel has announced that hamas now has 12 tunnels under the philadelphia axis and we have to enter here . in a way, it can be said that it is very obvious that it is violating the agreement if it wants to do this , while egypt has even higher concerns. it is possible that several hundreds of thousands of these palestinians the reason why they want to escape from these conditions of slaughter is to enter egypt. unfortunately, egypt has not shown a positive approach, even in the border region. he has also planted landmines so that if some of these displaced people enter egypt's territory , they will face their second enemy, egyptian mines, but anyway, he is worried that the sinai desert is an area that egypt has not been able to control. control it well

sumi: to rafah?ow, to a humanitarian zone israel asked for in a sandy area hamas does not have any infrastructure. that is were israel asked for a humanitarian zone. sumi: for nearly 2 million people? >> it would have been much better than being in rafah. if they would have agreed to create humanitarian zone -- israel said we will not strike there because hamas has no infrastructure so it would be the safest place to be. arguably much better than being in rafah. sumi: how can the idf carry forth an operation looking at the situation in rafah? you know there are tens of thousands of people sheltering. there is not much international support. president biden saying the israeli operation have gone over the top. >> it is very interesting and i think it will be very interesting to discover when -- not iff--get to the tunnels underneath rafah, we will have cameras to show the world what went on for many years, from egypt into gaza, it will be interesting to see because i read, i see a lot of pressure, u.s.

we cannot afford an israeli attack on rafah _ cannot afford an israeli attack on rafah.t is certain to produce _ on rafah. it is certain to produce another humanitarian from — produce another humanitarian from -- — produce another humanitarian from —— catastrophe. the situation _ from —— catastrophe. the situation is already unbearable for over— situation is already unbearable for over a _ situation is already unbearable for over a million people pushed _ for over a million people pushed into rafah since the war started — along with monday morning's airstrikes in rafah, some israeli forces were on the ground, carrying out a successful mission to rescue two hostages held by hamas. fernando marman and louis har spent more than 125 days in hamas captivity. they're nowjust the 2nd and 3rd hostages to be released through israel's military operations in the past four months. dozens more are believed to still be held in gaza. but the operations to bring home hostages and dismantle hamas have had disastrous consequences for palestinian civilians. the hamas—run health ministry sa

and destroying, and its pretext of safe zones in south gaza, its criminal journey has now reached rafah, which was previously not spared from its aggression during the war, but this time the threats of expanding its operation. more details in the following report. it seems that the middle east is preparing to become a battleground from which fires will erupt that will consume this world. four months into the genocide of the palestinian people who are being collectively and indiscriminately killed, their landmarks of life and future destroyed and their fate frozen under the guise of a trending massive propaganda campaign called rafah. this camp. is being used today as a distraction and diversion, while the true currents are much greater than what we imagine. this sarafah campaign is brought to you under the sponsorship of the united states of america with the slogan "kill more, have fun more", and is sponsored by the morally, politically and financially bankrupt european union, which distributes free drinks in the tents of the displaced and praises the necessity of eating diet bread for

what do you think the situation is now in rafah? , ., ., , , rafah?tremely desperate- _ rafah? the situation is extremely desperate- my — rafah? the situation is extremely desperate. my family _ rafah? the situation is extremely desperate. my family is _ rafah? the situation is extremely desperate. my family is there - rafah? the situation is extremely desperate. my family is there and rafah? the situation is extremely . desperate. my family is there and we are in constant touch on the situation is getting from bad to worse. as you have seen overnight, 164 palestinians have lost their lives under the slogan of freeing hostages. killing 164 with israel having no remorse whatsoever towards civilians. they will kill as many palestinians as possible and pushing people to the brink of total collapse. almost 1.5 million palestinians are cramped in rafah. you are talking about 27,000 palestinians per square kilometres, which is the highest density ever of human beings in history. this operation, it will claim more palestinian lives. we are wondering how much

i want to start off with rafah.ill this morning is that we have heard about from the us, the un and the european union make any difference his thinking? it union make any difference his thinkin: ? , , union make any difference his thinkinu? , , ' . thinking? it is very difficult to know — thinking? it is very difficult to know. israel— thinking? it is very difficult to know. israel is- thinking? it is very difficult to know. israel isjust - thinking? it is very difficult| to know. israel isjust about to know. israel is just about two weeks from having to file a report to the international court of justice and report to the international court ofjustice and how it is trying to stop or prevent genocide from happening in gaza, and this certainly will not add to the israeli ability to file that report. but even more seriously for israel, the americans seem to draw a line on the sand about whether they will abide or agreed to an israeli incursion into rafah, and i don't think israel's idea of the continuation of the oper

to rafah? no, to a humanitarian - was still in uniform. to rafah? zone - no, to a humanitarian zone which is realised to have in the north—eastern part of khan younis where hamas doesn't have infrastructure. that is where israel is to have a humanitarian zone. nearly 2 million people? _ humanitarian zone. nearly 2 million people? much - humanitarian zone. nearly 2 | million people? much better than being — million people? much better than being in _ million people? much better than being in rafah - million people? much better than being in rafah and - million people? much better| than being in rafah and khan younis. if unrwa had agreed to actually create a humanitarian zone there which israel said "we're not going to strike there because hamas has no infrastructure there, so it would the safest place to be" — arguably much better than being in rafah. ., , the view from the israeli side. we have also had palestinian reaction to those plans to move people from rafah, including from noura erakat — a human rights attorney and a palestinian american prof

they are very motivated to find palestine in this rafah. has increased in order to attack rafah, and netanyahu's cabinet strongly needs quick and tangible gains in the war. now, by releasing these two people, he can conduct a maneuver inside israel, which through military operations, we were able to get some of we should actually achieve our goals, and now people have to wait, because in recent weeks , the protests in israel have increased strongly, both demanding netanyahu's resignation and demanding that the temporary cease-fire agreement be re-established as soon as possible, and part of this the captives will be freed through this agreement, and the negotiations were ongoing, but there were many obstacles. it seemed like there was a long way to reach a renegotiation. it would probably take another 10 to 20 days to reach an understanding. two sides and can be a fire. a temporary stop or a ceasefire now given the path it seems to have left to reach a ceasefire and the israelis' very strong desire to achieve something militarily, a wider attack on rafah now seems almost inevitable .

we can't get out of rafah, we have no alternative.ael says it is now calling for a mass evacuation for civilians ahead of a planned ground offensive. it's almost impossible to fathom where else the civilians can turn to. but rafah has not only become a vital lifeline for the displaced. it is also a crucial gateway for humanitarian aid, crossing over from egypt. and many in the international community are now sounding alarm bells over israel's warning. >> i'm especially alarmed by the reports that the israeli military intends to focus next on rafah where hundreds of thousands of palestinians have been squeezed in the desperate search for safety. >> reporter: the u.s. state department has warned that it cannot support an israeli military operation in rafah without serious planning for civilians there. with u.s. president joe biden on thursday describing israel's actions in gaza as, quote, over the top. but israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has already dismissed a proposal from hamas for a prolonged truce, which would see a phas

look at what netanyahu is doing and threatening in connection with rafah.the context to promise if he himself provides the victory , he is providing the ground to justify the lack of victory, that is, he wants to say that i wanted to attack, well, egypt pressured , the international community pressured, the rest pressured me , i did not attack and that is why i won, this is a very important point, the attack of the regime zionist to the region. understanding does not change any equation, that is, it cannot , until now, the areas north of the khan yunis region, which he attacked, could not be stabilized there, and there are still operations there, so the occupation will be completed when there is no operation, and while so far in other places he advanced but was not successful and this. on the contrary, this region will face a wider resistance and the defeat of israel will be more realized, therefore, the threat israel is making is more to justify its own lack of success, mr. royvaran, i also have a question about the era of the zionist regime. from the side

rafah is the next target for israel's army.h, into this border town. the us has warned an offensive here, without proper planning, would be a disaster. israel is so far sticking to its plan. the united nations and international actors now face a fateful choice. do they want to save hamas or save palestinian civilians? they cannot stop israel from dismantling the last four hamas battalions in the gaza strip and securing the release of the 134 remaining hostages. the price of israel's war is rising. forfamilies in rafah today, the cost — incalculable. the us is urging israel to consider a potential hostage deal to pause the fighting. israel worries that a deal would mean hamas surviving. but after four months of war it isn't the group's leaders who are dying. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. unicef has described the conditions on the ground in rafah as "catastrophic", and other aid agencies have expressed concern about a potential israeli ground operation there. bbc verify�*s nick eardley has been looking at how the situatio

live pictures from rafah where more than 1 live pictures from rafah where more than1 million people areprogramme will be talking to a medical student talking about her experience there, and also to a hostage negotiator about the talks that we are expecting in cairo. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news here in the uk. official figures show that the rate at which wages are rising dropped in the three months to december — but it still outpaced the level of inflation. the office for national statistics said wage growth dropped by 0.4 percentage points to 6.2% in the last quarter of last year. the owners of the body shop chain are expected to announce that the british part of the business is to go into administration. the move is likely to result in the closure of at least some of the firm's more than 200 shops around the uk — and job losses. poor christmas sales are being blamed. a man has astonished police by calling 999 to report himself for drink—driving. north yorkshire police said the call came injust before noon on monday

i view, nomi, what is it like in rafah? ., . view, nomi, what is it like in rafah? . . rafah? with much has been said by the two _ rafah? i agree with much has been said by the two previous _ rafah? i agree with much has been said by the two previous speakers, | said by the two previous speakers, the question is, how does one move forward? _ the question is, how does one move forward? the situation is dire, catastrophic, and originally the population of rafah was 300,000, and now it _ population of rafah was 300,000, and now it is _ population of rafah was 300,000, and now it is well over a million, and they— now it is well over a million, and they are — now it is well over a million, and they are living in makeshift tents, disease _ they are living in makeshift tents, disease is — they are living in makeshift tents, disease is spreading, many of the internally— disease is spreading, many of the internally displaced palestinian people. — internally displaced palestinian people, they have displaced more than four— people, they have displaced more than four or five times, and i

this displaced palestinian mother is in rafah. explained how difficult it's been to find shelter. translation: we left our house, and, as you know, my daughters are sick- and i don't have anything or anyone to help me with them. we were displaced to the camp, then we went by the sea. then there were air strikes and we spent a very difficult night with the strikes over our heads. then we came to rafah. there is no safe place to stay or to sort our lives. there is no space, we are cramped. there is no food or drink, not even water to drink or clean ourselves. 0ur correspondent barbara plett usher has been speaking to the un humanitarian coordinator for the occupied palestinian territories, jamie mcgoldrick, who has recently returned from gaza. she asked him how the united nations would respond if israel launches an offensive in rafah. very difficult to respond right now, where people are static. people have come there looking for safety. it's the last resort for many people. do you have a contingency plan if there is a combat operat

your understanding at the moment is _ rafah. your understanding at the moment is that _ rafah.standing at the moment is that this is _ rafah. your understanding at the moment is that this is being - rafah. your understanding at the | moment is that this is being seen rafah. your understanding at the i moment is that this is being seen as a last resort? it moment is that this is being seen as a last resort?— a last resort? it is something that certainl , a last resort? it is something that certainly. is _ a last resort? it is something that certainly, is seen _ a last resort? it is something that certainly, is seen as _ a last resort? it is something that certainly, is seen as a _ a last resort? it is something that certainly, is seen as a way - a last resort? it is something that certainly, is seen as a way to - certainly, is seen as a way to further achieve israel because my goals. —— israel's goals. and to the release of the hostages. clearly, this is a card that israel is saving. it doesn't have any other option left, so it may other —— also use it. option left, so it may ot

situation on the round the situation on the round in rafah and situation on the ground in rafah and wise some of the allies of israel are so concerned about a new offensive there. labour's candidate in rochdale has apologised for remarks he made about israel �*allowing' hamas to carry out the october 7th attacks. tributes for the american world record holder who has been killed in a car accident. in the uk, two new drugs to slow the progress of alzheimers could be licensed within months. we will talk life to our medical editor. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live. the israeli military has rescued two of the hostages abducted by hamas, during a raid in the gaza strip. the release of the hostages was announced shortly after israel carried out an intense aerial bombardment of the southern city of rafah. this was the scene after those israeli strikes. a spokesman for the hamas—run health ministry says, at least 67 palestinians were killed. a doctor at a nearby hospital said it was unable to cope with the number of injured. returning to the line coming from the reuters new

it on the ground who may have to leave rafah?— leave rafah? it is a dire situation _ leave rafah?ion as _ leave rafah? it is a dire situation as we - leave rafah? it is a dire situation as we are - leave rafah? it is a dire - situation as we are observing from abroad. we have information about the hospital fading, certainly gazans have been going from place to place as israelis have been pursuing hamas. so there are challenges with whether they can get into egypt, if that comes to pass and egyptians have been very clear they do not want to see palestinians pushed out of the gaza strip and displace on a permanent fashion so it is unlikely that egypt will take a great number. there have been palestinians who have tried to move towards central and northern gaza as additional pressure happens on rafah but the humanitarian situation is something that is unconscionable and we are all seeing it. unconscionable and we are all seeing it— seeing it. you speak of the challenges _ seeing it. you speak of the challenges of _ seeing it. you speak of the challenges of getting - seeing it. you sp

the heavy shadow of the rafah war on the camp david agreement.ight, i ask how serious egypt's threat to suspend the peace agreement between israel and egypt will be and what effect it will have on the process of the zionist war against the palestinians . second, what about spyware tonight? they hack the cell phone and how do the zionists use this tool for spying . i invite you to accompany us until the end. the prime minister of the zionist regime claimed that this regime will start a severe operation in rafah after the withdrawal of civilians from the war zones in the south of the gaza strip . some regional experts believe that the behavior of westerners in such a situation is not ineffective. on the other hand, some egyptian officials threatened that if israel attacks the city of rafah in the south of the gaza strip and on the egyptian border , egypt may suspend the camp david peace treaty with this regime. impossible here be and don't feel heartbroken. four months have passed since the heartbreak of the un secretary general in rafah. behind th

rafah is the southernmost region of the gaza strip and borders with egypt. in the last four months, most of the displaced people from other areas of gaza went to rafah. the mayor of rafah said that about one and a half million people are in rifa and the attack on this city will cause a bath of blood. the ministry of foreign affairs of qatar asked the security council to take immediate action to prevent the attack on rafah. before this, egypt, jordan, saudi arabia and the european union also raised the alarm about the attack of the zionist regime had given there is a difference in the war cabinet of the zionist regime over the attack on rafah. channel 13 of the zionist regime announced that the chief of staff of the army refused to call the reserve forces to attack rifa, contrary to the order of the prime minister. a group of doctors and nurses who were forced to flee to rafah in southern gaza set up a mobile medical center to treat patients. according to al jazeera , this action is taking place while many hospitals in gaza are under attack by the regime zion

it is a problem - because 1.5 million. -- rafah. because 1.5 million. —— rafah. have moved from rafah to khan younis and the centre of gaza but there is nowhere to go stop even the hospitals, as it was mentioned, nasser hospital was non—functional. who staff are not allowed to assess the situation. so people cannot go anywhere, especially disabled, elderly people, children, they have no transportation to move and once they move, is our co—ordinating with americas and egyptian partners to have evacuation routes but we do they go? an old area in rafah and egypt but each of say there is no way to accept palestinians because it would be the end of the palestinian issue. ., ~' , ., be the end of the palestinian issue. ., ~ i. . yulia navalyna, the widow of putin critic, alexei navalny, will attend the eu's foreign affairs council later today. the bloc�*s foreign policy chief, josep borrell, said this would send a strong message of support to freedom fighters in russia and honour her husband's memory. on sunday, she posted on social media for the first time since her h

the idf said they conducted a series of strikes in one area in rafah. more than 60 people have been killed in those strikes. this video obtained by cnn shows some of the aftermath. the rafah municipality says at least one mosque was among the targets. cnn's nic robertson joins us now from tel aviv. nic, what are you learning about this special israeli military operation that rescued two hostages in rafah? >> reporter: well, it is, of course, huge news here in israel. it's what everyone in israel has been waiting for for the release of more hostages. it's only the second time that the idf has been able to go in in a military operation and free hostages. it was the end of october for the last one. this was a lightning covert operation which had the special forces going in into the center of rafah covertly at 1:49 in the morning getting onto the second floor of the building, having a big firefight with hamas there. the two people, the two hostages they were going in to recover and extract, were on the second floor. within a minute of arriving there, the ai

this is rafah.hich freed two hostages after 130 days in captivity. israel says a prolonged battle took place during this operation. with all the latest, here's lucy williamson. explosion last night, israel's army came to rafah. special forces, backed by air strikes on homes and mosques. left behind more than 60 people dead and took with them two israeli hostages, snatched from a second—floor apartment. these pictures — released by the israeli army — show the moment counter—terrorist police went in. 60—year—old fernando marman and 70—year—old louis har were kidnapped from kibbutz nir yitzhak on october the 7th. their arrival back in israel, a rare moment for the country's prime minister. covered by special forces on their way out of gaza, covered on arrival with love. military operations have so far freed three hostages. relatives say a deal with hamas is still the best way to get the others out. mentally, they look ok. physically, they look ok. please, be serious and strike a deal. the israeli peopl

we begin with israel's planned offensive in rafah.rime minister benjamin netanyahu has insisted it will go ahead despite the fact that more than half of gaza's population has taken shelter there. in an interview with abc news, he said israel will give civilians safe passage to areas they've cleared north of rafah. the army has continued to target the city with air strikes, which medical workers say killed more than a0 people in the last day alone. mr netanyahu claims israel's army has killed one hamas fighter for every civilian. he also says he believes "enough" of the 132 remaining israeli hostages held in gaza are alive to justify israel continuing its offensive. the armed wing of hamas says israeli strikes have killed two of those hostages in the last four days, and seriously injured eight others. a senior hamas official has threatened to halt hostage exchange negotiations if israel goes ahead with the assault on rafah. us presidentjoe biden has told benjamin netanyahu israel should not proceed with an offensive in rafah without a

iie: contingency plan was for them to arrive in rafah. we are looking for another contingency plan but we are struggling to address it. if there was to be an incursion into rafah, which is a massively overpopulated city, it is about five times the population it was before the conflict, so everything is under pressure, we are under pressure, and the population have nowhere to go. the safe areas declared are no longer safe. the safe areas declared are no longersafe. if the safe areas declared are no longer safe. if these people have to move, where do they move? they moved to the beach area, which is already overcrowded. we don't have the supplies available to take them, accommodate them, support them, because the environment is not conducive for humanitarian operation this kind. so we're really fearful of the horrific nature of of where we are. you can only get worse. it's unimaginable to think it could get worse. ii unimaginable to think it could get worse. , ., , unimaginable to think it could get worse. , . , ., unimaginable to think it

we cannot afford an israeli attack on rafah. it is certain to produce another humanitarian catastrophe. the situation is already unbearable for over a million people pushed into rafah since the war started. for more analysis on king abdullah's visit to washington, here's our north america correspondent nomia iqbal. this was a very significant meeting in that king abdullah is the first arab leader to meet president biden since october the 7th, and the king has been very open about what he thinks should be happening and has laid the goals out to president biden, he heard it it in the statement, that he wants a long lasting ceasefire and humanitarian aid to be sent into gaza. he's worried about the military operation in rafah he also wants a long—term, two state solution. these are issues president biden has also raised. king abdullah is meeting president biden where the tone has slightly changed in washington. last week, president biden issued a rare rebuke of israel in which he said the military operation in gaza had gone over th

tonight on expose, the israeli occupation forces attack on rafah was presented to the world as successful rescue operation, when in reality it was a blatant attack on the last safe haven for palestinian civilians in gaza, now zinanis israeli media accused their prime minister benjamin. yahu of lying to the world when he speaks about taking out hamas or releasing all the hostages, and 97% of arab respondents felt psychological stress during the war in gaza, while 92% believe the palestinian cause is issue for all arabs and not just the palestinian people. welcome to expose, the show that leaves no stone unturn. ladies and gents, welcome to expose. now the israeli occupations military launched a wave of air raids and artillery fire in southern gaza, forcing palestinians to flee overcrowded rafah in advance of feared ground invasion that world leaders have already condemned, however condemnation. does not find its way in western and zionist media platforms, rather white-washing israeli entity crime seems to be the go-to story for most of those platform. let us hear from foad itayim, our broa